Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy due to oral cyclosporine in severe ulcerative colitis

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 233-234

  Sood, Ajit ^a,b   Midha, Vandana ^a   Sood, Neena ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Opp New DMC and H   (India)

Author keywords

Inflammatory bowel disease

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; LORAZEPAM; MESALAZINE; PHENYTOIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARESTHESIA; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PSYCHOSIS; RARE DISEASE; REVERSIBLE POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SEIZURE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TREMOR; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 1442314201     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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